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armed forces, as well as the families of fallen soldiers and across ukraine hopes and tensions ran high today. our correspondent reports tonight from harrison in the south. every couple of minutes you can hear artillery pretty close. the russian army is just on the other side, the deeper river. it don't need high tech weapons of cruise, missiles, ordinary artillery, which they have a lot is enough. and the anniversary marked by anti war protests and cities across the world. here in berlin, active is parked a russian tank wrecked in ukraine, outside of moscow's embassy in the center of the german half of ah, i bring golf to our viewers watching p b s. in the united states, into all of you around the world, welcome you are joining us as our special coverage marking

a year since russia began its full scale invasion of ukraine continues. commemorations and rallies had been taking place throughout the day and around the world. in kiva ukraine's president wilderness zalinski honored his armed forces. he presented metals to troops, and he thanked families of those who have died in combat. it was a somber interlude and a war that his claim great thousands of lives and displaced. millions of people ruled a proper a grinding war of attrition seems to have said in a long 8000 kilometer front line in eastern ukraine. so that we look at how moscow's initial plan to invade faltered and what the next steps might be. as the kremlin ramps up a new offense. one year ago, rush their attacks ukraine from 3 sides in the north. armored units came over the

border from russia's ally, belarus. they were air and land attacks from russia itself in the east and from the south forces flowed from russian occupy crimea. russia's navy also attacked from the black c o ukrainian soon so that the russians had underestimated them. a massive colon of russian tanks, heading towards key if was stopped in its tracks. the battle the key if was lost and it was clear that wouldn't be the quick victory. the moscow that many expected by april russian troops had retreated from the north. they regrouped to focus their efforts on the east and the south. the strategic se and port city of mary evil had been surrounded since the early days of the war. and in may, it finally fell to russian forces. the city that have been home to 450000 people, lay in ruins. but russian victories remain few and far between in september,

ukraine's military surprised russia with a lightening offensive that reclaimed large sways of the hockey of region. ukraine then proceeded to liberate the city of her son too, in a major humiliation for the russian army russian troop morale was said to be low. meanwhile, ukraine was benefiting from an increasing flow of high tech western weapons, including the high mars multiple rocket launcher. this allowed key of forces to hit far behind enemy lines, cutting off supply routes and hitting ammunition depos. since re taking har give and her son, the front line has been mainly stable with russia focused on capturing the city of back malt. this is part of an effort to take the entirety of the done yet scanned the hands provinces, one of russia's original stated goals. so what's next? russia has pulled hundreds of thousands of new conscripts into the fight. but the

latest offensive pushing along the front line in the dumbass as so far yielded no major gains for russia. meanwhile, ukraine is also gaming up for a counter offensive, and is expecting deliveries of dozens of advanced bottles. hanks from germany, poland, britain and the u. s. ukrainian soldiers are also getting training from nato on sophisticated military maneuvers that could help them punch through the russian lines and take back more territory. how far they can go is another question. it's clear that key if can only keep fighting, as long as the weapons keep flowing from its western allies. a corresponding economy li is in the city of her song in southern ukraine. there was jubilation when her son was liberated from a russian occupation late last year. but the threat from moscow's forces remains

ever present at song a year after started this war is the most part deserted. this isn't a city that feels any closer to peace. and certainly there's a feeling among people, the residents here that this is a day that russia is going to remind them quite how close they are, that this is a day that is more dangerous than normal. and normally had song is pretty dangerous, as it is. every couple of minutes you can hear artillery pretty close. the russian army is just on the other side, the deeper river. they don't need high tech weapons of cruise missiles, ordinary artillery, of which they have a lot is enough. in recent days, we've seen people losing their lives at bus stops. last 24 hours. we've seen the hospital here, hit heating, infrastructure. basically nowhere and carson is safe is pretty difficult to compute all this for someone like me who was lost here in november when ukrainian soldiers returned secret santa for the 1st time we took the city and the square was full of people. volumes, zalinski cranes present was here, and the real sense that people would have

a chance to start going about their lives again and getting back some credibility. that certainly hasn't happened with the russians so close by. they've been living with incessant shelling. government building behind me has been hit repeatedly. and even though some of the basic infrastructure everyday life has now come back, power heating, mobile in set, supermarket shelves are well stocked. 1000 people have taken the opportunity to get out to get away from the shooting. and it's kind of difficult to answer why this focus of have san statistically doesn't have any particularly special location more than other places in this part of the country. it doesn't have any particular factories, but it's not the symbolism. this was russia's one big gain in this war, was the only regional capital that russia was able to take from ukraine. and when we ukraine, we took it, that was a real blow for the kremlin. says the sense that this, the city that is on everyone's minds in russia and also ukraine, and the people here commit the russia wants make sure that people here never are able to relax. was debbie's nick connelly reporting on this one year anniversary.

ukrainian president zalinski spoke with reporters and he laid out his conditions for possible talks with russia aimed at ending the fight to. so we need to start from scratch. we need kill gold, back to what was violated. i right to live on our land needs to be respected. leave our territory withdraw. stop shall in ah see, stop killing civilians, stop destroying our infrastructure. energy sector, potable water was tampa of air strikes on the city. stop killing dogs, cats, animals, m stabs burning the forest. so you go ahead and stop doing all of that, and only after that to will tell you what form it will be used to diplomatically.

i put an end to it was, oh, i corresponded funny for charge. she is in keep. she was at president zalinski press conference today and i asked her for her take on the president's message and his tone. first of all, we have that, as you just said, we have experienced a press conference that usually do not expect in a country at war was a more than 2 hours during which he, i took on all these questions a by journalist from the rural, basically the world was in that room represented by various journalists, and it was very important to him that actually he's not just a cat, was trucks, this voice of being approachable to all of these questions. but oftentimes even struck a very colloquial tone that he's so one that in despite distress, despite the pressure that he's a facing, being a president during war times is somewhat it is actually reaching out,

at least that was his message today that he wants to make sure it's not just like the speak, for example, are representatives from europe, for example. the prime minister of italy was here, ah, the spanish prime minister today out the prime minister from poland. and of course, only these to be president biden from the united states. he wants to make sure that he brings more more countries on board, specifically those countries, for example, african countries and southern american countries. but also india and china. that so far, i didn't signal much support a be it actively or just rhetorically, even if you look at the vote in the general assembly for example, any new york. and as a result, you've really tried to use this platform and this international media gathering, basically to spread this message that he's the one was to reach out. but under the terms of ukraine, he's the one who says who's going to have

a piece plan. and he's the one wants to invite china and a chinese president, she jumping to talk about that. so he is very much determined to a, to actually be in control. obviously how things go forward. the question is, if these countries that he just mentioned are going to be a part of that and participate in a, in a, at the summit that he is up. he's is, is planning to have at some point yet in a he has been called the unlikeliest of war time. but presidents at the same time, people all around the world have praised him for his ability to communicate with the public. and we saw that in action again to day him describing some very personal moments. the past 12 months, mass you, you've been covering the story now for more than a year. i mean, do you think the, his communication style is, is it strengthening his message? i mean, is he going to get what he wants, by communicating the way does as you remember when this

will began or, or in fact days before that. and we heard things from germany, for example, that they going to send some helmets as a, as a, as a form of support. and if you look back really the rhetoric a year ago, a from so many politicians were so torn down and, and really it wasn't as determined as it is right now. nobody was talking about sending military tanks to ukraine. so whether that's due to president zelinski, zalinski way of communication politically, or just a pure fact that the world has relies to parts of this world has realized that he's on the side of ukraine politically, militarily. and that we got to unit hearing aid. but it, he just simply relies, that russia can threaten them as well, or whether it's due to a balance because politics, i'm not the one to, to, to analyze that. but certainly, what i can say is that this president is not just the one that he's trying to, as i say, appear very approachable, but certainly as social media president,

every day since roches full scale invasion, he has taken to social media to spread the message. so he wants to use actually a media and international media, but also local media here a to make sure that people have a long breath and they must have a longer breath here in order to, to bring this war to the end. and he is calling on the people through the media. he's calling on his own people. he says, who left ukraine and hopes that they are going to return and rebuild this country. yeah, yeah. the juxtaposition between zalinski and what am recruitment could not be stranger stronger. when, if a char and key as always funny, thank you. or protests around the world have marked the anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine. people have come together and held vigils tributes rallies, demanding of ceasefire, and peace talks. as this conflict is now about to enter, it's 2nd year a destroyed russian tank,

placed in the heart of berlin, a symbol of ukrainian resistance in brussels, teddy bears, and toys, recall children, abducted during the war. in belgrade, it's a bloody cake left in front of the russian embassy. her new gray will now be a grey lin. commemorations of grim year for ukraine have spread across the globe, drawing people to peace rallies in asia, australia, europe, and the middle east. honestly, i cannot find any words to describe me and every single ukrainian feels today. this episode re rationale will more than happy to run through our line on the eve of the conflict anniversary,

the public squares and landmarks of major cities around the world were covered in ukraine's national colors. hundreds of people gathered at a vigil in london. many hoping for more arm support from the west in the coming months. there's a lot of words, but not enough actions. we need to foster actions. we need to pause delivery because people are dying every day. earlier, a group of activists, 400 of leaders of yellow and blue paint onto the road outside the russian embassy and then spread it out to paint an enormous ukrainian flag in russia. authorities arrested several people for bringing flowers to statues of ukrainian poets during the 1st week of the invasion. thousands of russians protested the war one year on. it's just solitary demonstration like these and the tensions as the

conflict entrance it's 2nd year. the world has neither forgotten nor given up on ukraine, yet till 30 divorce was a day. the un security council in new york also held a special session to mark one year of russia's invasion of ukraine. germany's foreign minister on a lena bear bach address the council, calling the war in you crane. and i'm quoting here to tins war this war is not the world's war. this war is not the wall of the russian people. this walk is put in swap. the russian president is risking the future of his own country, of his own soldiers, his own children. that's why it just piece a piece plan presented yesterday by the 141 states at the general assembly is also in the interest of the people of russia and of the big table with me. now i'm happy

to be able to say that my colleague or senior political analyst melinda crane, is here with us. you were following events today at the un. what did you make of the german foreign ministers address in the message? it was a very strong, a very emotional speech. she referred to the massacre in boucher for example. you saw the report earlier tragic report about those mass murders and war crimes and said do we want to be responsible for more bushes? we leaders and i think, you know, it's precisely that eloquence that was the reason why ukraine itself asked that she'd be the last person to speak in yesterday's general assembly session. where it was so crucial to win more support. especially from some of the countries of the global south, including brazil and ukraine's feeling and the feeling of many others was she is the kind of speaker who can do that. nonetheless, today's speech was perhaps a bit more subdued than yesterday's. and she clearly paid

a recognition to the limitations of the security council as it stands today. yeah, it took me to my next question. i mean, what impact can this debate at the human security council really have? frankly, the locus of action has actually shifted to the general assembly. we used to call that a talking shot. it will these days. it's the security council that is now the talking shop because rushes the tow means that any real decisive action and this is the central organ of the united nations, responsible for peace and security, which is able in fact, to direct countries with binding resolutions. this is essentially now an impotent oregon because of that russian veto. and she, she essentially referenced that that, but she also reference something else, even when the security council can't enforce international norms. it can reinforce them by calling out aggression by naming, blaming, shaming, and certainly that was part of what she was trying to do. i want to get your take

on what we have seen in the last 12 hours or so coming from china. this proposed piece plan be do we have to take this in beijing, presenting itself as a possible piece mediate. right, and many analysts have pointed out that be jang already has taken sides. aging has not condemned the russian invasion, as you know, they once again abstained from doing so yesterday, in that general assembly resolution so many, many commentators have said look, a country that has taken sides cannot be a credible mediator. china, of course, isn't actually officially calling this a ph piece plan, but a position paper. it was interesting to hear president lensky is take on the whole thing. he was very, very cautious in today's press conference in referring to the chinese initiative, saying that it was good that china's voice was being heard in this debate. very,

very cautious in a very free, willing press conference where he was otherwise quite forthright. emotional. he was really choosing his words very carefully and essentially saying, you know, good that their voice is heard but, but let me tell you we are doing everything we can to prevent that. china does deliver lethal weapons to russia because that would be a game changer. and then he mentioned those words, world war 3. exactly. and he said today that there were plans to meet with johnny's president. she's in pain, he didn't aid. and again, he is trying to walk that very fine line between not excluding and not rejecting china. acknowledging that there might be some elements in this position paper that could be of interest. one of them. of course, china's clear rejection of nuclear. the use of a nuclear weapon that is a cardinal principle for ukraine in its own peace formula. and also, the chinese position paper does make reference to territorial integrity. now,

that might be interpreted either way for russia or for ukraine, but if i were ukraine, i'd certainly be looking to build on that. when i met with susan, thank you. very good advice there. we'll see if you've got the ear of the link you win against me. she did say melinda crain is always going to have your, the big table. thank you. thanks, friend. we're here in germany. support for you. great remains strong. the government announcing that it is sending a total of 14 leopard to battle tanks to ukraine, but many voters also worry about the possible consequences of supplying weapons to key. there were anti war protests in several cities across germany. today. a symbol of destruction and downfall. activists park a piece of the battle field in front of russia's embassy in berlin. the russian t $72.00 tank was destroyed during fighting the boucher and ukraine last march. to many who have come to have a look. a year of war has led them to reflect as it's been you,

i'm here to mock the anniversary of the war simply to commemorate the victims in ukraine and the terrible intervention there that violates international law. seating anger of thought from creek, my generation only knew about war from my grandparents and i never imagined that it could happen again. in con, not far away, the blue and yellow flag of ukraine flying high over the german parliament. officials say the red gesture is meant to demonstrate a particularly clear sign of solidarity with the ukrainian people. solidarity is the sentiment, the german government is stressing to dodge land. due to germany stands firmly by ukraine side to day and in the future. the sooner rushes president realized that he will not achieve the imperialist goes the greater the chance of the war ending soon of and binding his kicks and how to bring the war to an end is hotly debated. after

a minute of silence for the conflicts victims, germany's president weighed in with words of a management for recent proposals for a cease fire and peace talks of i'm a police that only secures hooton's land fift, and otherwise leaves the people to the whim of the occupies a piece like this will not be pacey. currently design, german assistance to ukraine has come a long way over the last year. keeps ambassador acknowledge germany's military and humanitarian support. because it doesn't, we are very grateful for the solidarity here in germany, from germans, for all the ukrainian craner and images for over a 1000000 people seeking protection feel safe here in germany. and for that i am very grateful. a year on into roches was thousands, marched in berlin in protest, and in solidarity support. among the german public towards ukraine generally

remained strong, more marches are expected over the weekend. a controversial rally is planned in opposition to waste and weapons exports to ukraine and in supported peace negotiations. a recent german poll suggests more than half of people believe germany could be drawn directly into the war. if it were to supply ukraine with more weapons. with the route to his war of aggression, russian president vladimir putin has continued to attack ukraine's identity and its culture. will they become casualties of this conflict? in our next report, we meet ukrainian ard, of some of them inside the country, some of them in exile, who all see culture as the glue that holds the nation together. i love a little girl, is named al yona al yona, ukraine's best known wrapper and style icon in the studio of tv channel, one plus one. she taught herself how to ramp, and nowadays she speaks for an entire generation. her subjects,

the war and the feelings. it unleashes goals. bol okay. hm. what mother says, and no, you're good. i had a 30000 to the start of the war. al yona al yona has been splitting her time between keith and abroad. she sings about her experiences, and europe is listening in all european iraq b in stages. i, he, more of ukrainian artist arts always help to be, to have connection was other, a conscious to understand us to know something new about us and see that we are craig and that none with your music and on social media. the wrapper takes on putin belief, also plays an ever bigger role in her music wrap a kind of prayer to protect her from fear and that number of situations a blanche. it wouldn't have cool smooth, and then it's good wiley didn't do much. them who'd be in the hospital. dopey,

stay or go. many musicians and artists battle with this decision. he decided to stay seattle's love that car chak pop star national hero, lead singer of oki on elsie, the ukrainian cult band. ah. when the russian invasion began, he literally took to the streets. our courtship began performing among the ruins. he often travels to the front line to experience the war close up. nevertheless, he keeps on going with his music. actually this, this year. i mean, this is the year of music for me all how unusual it songs for people. but i did, i do a lot of music. we did 175 performances in the front line. we did probably 50 or $6060.00 or dancers in, in europe and all the countries already a lot to come eat us. it's on the,

the war has also made many ukrainian artists more determined than ever to fight the war with the means at their disposal. and to ensure that art and culture doesn't fall victim to this conflict shores. buddhism, you're watching the w news. after a short break. i'll be back to take you through the day. our coverage of the one year anniversary of the russian invasion of ukraine. contin. ah ah ah, with

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here is the word fate. where are the right nigel battle lines being drawn? the propaganda war for ukraine? russia's warring crane one years since the invasion began. take a look back and into the future. in the new money. slowly. in february on d, w, it has been one year since russia began its full scale invasion of ukraine. part of europe is now a war zone again, and geo politics have shifted for better or for worse. see china and russia. if russian president vladimir putin wanted 2022 to be his year to reclaim some national glory in battle.